Preview: Bombino @ The Forge (London, 8th and 9th June 2016)
London Tribes is bringing to London Tuareg guitarist Bombino, presenting to the public his new album Azel.
A member of the Tuareg Ifoghas clan, Bombino (stage name of Omara Moctar) came to prominence in 2011, thanks to his album Agadez, that was acclaimed worldwide for it represented desert-rock at its finest. After another successful work released in 2013 (Nomad), Bombino is now back but in a new shape: for the first time he is using Western vocal harmonies in recorded Tuareg music (an historical first) and blending Tuareg rock with reggae, creating what he calls “Tuareggae”.
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